#an idea which I of course will readily incorporate into the Fallout multiverse in my head

[lady-raziel]

Most people in the notes of this post: yeah I like having fun and enjoying the things I say bring me enjoyment! Alright!

Others: I can’t believe you’d like to LIKE this franchise we both claim to love. Personally offensive. Also canon is real but don’t fucking ask me what it is. The only thing that matters is that it’s important.

Me: Canon is only real in the highly unlikely scenario that I track down Todd Howard and convince him that he can make Fallout 5 universally well received if only he makes Arthur Maxson/John Hancock an important and unskippable story element, in which case this post is formally retracted and never happened due to a word of god retcon, and you’ll have to accept it because canon was real all along.

“Fallout TV show retconned New Vegas-“

Stop. Listen to me. Look me in the eyes. “Canon” isn’t real. I’m completely serious. It’s whatever you want it to be. This franchise is rooted in games where you literally choose what ending you want based on your actions. Please, please for the love of god tell me that this whole time some of you have not been deciding that in games with multiple endings there is actually one “real” ending and all the others are “not canon.” If you really want my opinion half the fun of this whole series is that EVERY SEQUENCE OF EVENTS IS EQUALLY “VALID.” It’s time to kill the Todd Howard in your head and realize that literally no one is stopping you from choosing what to believe is part of this series. Incorporate every game, including the ones that never got made and only exist as details on the wiki. Or don’t. Decide that only the first two games and New Vegas are real and pretend 3 & 4 don’t exist. Create a new timeline in your head where EVERYTHING happens BUT Fallout 3 and yet Fallout 4 still fucking happens. Incorporate the fan theories you like and disregard the ones you don’t. Add your headcanons. Just MAKE SHIT UP. It doesn’t fucking matter! And that’s beautiful!!!! War never changes but goddamn canon sure will, but only if you believe!!